Such sad news. Mystery writer, creator of the Flavia de Luce mysteries, Alan Bradley died yesterday at the age of 87. I loved his Flavia de Luce series, and along with so many people, am looking forward to the screen adaptation. I know Alan was looking forward to this, and we corresponded over the years about it. So glad he was able to see an advance screening of the film. Alan won the Macavity Award for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Alan Bradley will be missed by family, friends, and fans.
From the Canadian Press:
Alan Bradley, the Canadian mystery writer whose tales of a precocious 11-year-old super-sleuth charmed readers worldwide, has died.
His publisher, Doubleday Canada, says he died in the Isle of Man at age 87.
Bradley earned global acclaim with his debut novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and the character at its centre — kid detective Flavia de Luce — won a devoted fan base.
He was 70 when he published that novel in 2009, the first of 11 in the Flavia series, with a twelfth due to be published in November.
His education was in electronic engineering, and he spent the bulk of his career at the University of Saskatchewan, where he was director of television engineering for 25 yearsHe took an early retirement and moved to Kelowna, B.C., to write full time, which is when he dreamed up Flavia.
Doubleday says a film adaptation of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie featuring Martin Freeman is due to be released later this year.
The publisher says Bradley got a chance to see the finished cut of the film before he died, and visited the set while the film was in production.
The company says Bradley "noted it as a highlight of his life."
